Brash Definition

brăsh
brashest, brasher
adjective
brashest, brasher
Hasty and reckless; rash; impetuous.
Webster's New World
Offensively bold; pushing, presumptuous, impudent, etc.
Webster's New World
Brittle or fragile, as some wood.
Webster's New World
Arresting, pronounced, or ostentatious.
Brash plaids.
American Heritage
The definition of brash is someone or something with an abrasive, tacky, self-serving or rude manner.
An example of someone who would be described as brash is a person who storms into a restaurant and starts demanding everyone cater to him.
An example of something that would be described as brash is a large, ostentatious and tacky building.
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noun
Webster's New World
A sudden shower.
Webster's New World
Broken pieces or fragments, as of rock or floating ice.
Webster's New World
Leaf litter of small leaves and little twigs as found under a hedge.
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Other Word Forms of Brash

Adjective

Base Form:
brash
Comparative:
brasher
Superlative:
brashest

Origin of Brash

  • Perhaps an alteration of French brèche breach in a wall from Italian breccia breccia

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • Possibly imitative (influenced by rash) or from brash attack

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • Compare Amer. bresk, brusk, fragile, brittle.

    From Wiktionary

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